Category: Elections
President responds to former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera
May 01, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has responded to the letter sent to him by former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 28. This response that was sent with Secretary to the President P. B. Jayasundera’s signature noted that the letter of former MP has been compiled based on misinformation. The President noted […]
Parliament dissolved: General elections on Apr 25th
Mar 03, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved Parliament last night calling for a General Election is to be held on April 25, 2020. The new Parliament is to meet on May 14 with nominations to be called between 12 and 19 March 2020. The Gazette notification was issued by the President […]
Cabinet suspends Gazette issued to establish Sainthamaruthu UC
Feb 20, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has decided to suspend the decision to establish the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council. Accordingly, the extraordinary gazette notification issued on 15 February 2020 to dissolve the Kalmunai Municipal Council in order to establish the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council has been suspended. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best […]
Proposals for a new constitution presented to President
Feb 14, 2020 (LBO) – A set of proposals containing facts that should be taking into account when formulating a new Constitution was presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The proposals on new Constitution compiled by the Yuthukama organisation under the theme ‘proposals to formulate a new Constitution for a strong state ‘ was presented to […]
Age limit & deadline for unemployed graduates program extended
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION: English | Sinhala | Tamil Feb 09, 2020 (LBO) – The age limit to apply for the Government’s programme to employ unemployed graduates has now been increased to 45 years. Previously, the age limit was set at 35 years. President’s Media Division said considering the requests from graduates, who are above the previous age limit, as well […]
Ready to say goodbye to Speaker post: Karu Jayasuriya
Feb 08, 2020 (LBO) – Karu Jayasuriya says that he is ready to say goodbye to the post of Speaker and urged the people to appoint persons who can be called Honorable Members of Parliament for the next five years. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya visited the Chief Prelates of the Malwatte and Asgiriya this morning to […]
Sri Lanka democracy index slightly improved in 2019
Jan 22, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s democracy as measured by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index has been slightly improved to 6.27 (overall score on a 0-10 scale) in 2019 against 6.19 reported in the previous year. According to their latest report, Sri Lanka’s global rank is 69 with a regional rank of 13 […]
I decided to resign from the post of Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Nov 20, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that he has decided to resign from the post of Prime Minister, allowing the new President to form a new government. Making a special statement, he said that he will announce this to the President tomorrow (21). buy doxycycline online doxycycline online no […]
Peaceful electoral process marred by an uneven playing field: EU election observators
Nov 18, 2019 (LBO) – The European Union election observation mission (EU EOM) has concluded that the presidential election was largely free of violence and technically well-managed, but that unregulated campaign spending, abuse of state resources and media bias affected the level playing field. Presenting the mission’s preliminary statement in Colombo, Chief Observer Marisa Matias […]
United States looks forward to working with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Nov 18, 2019 (LBO) – The United States congratulates the people of Sri Lanka on their democratic presidential election and said they are looking forward to working with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The US embassy said in a statement that Sri Lanka has continued to show the strength and resilience of its republic with a free, […]
Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka
Nov 18, 2019 (LBO) – Gotabaya Rajapaksa took the oath of office on Monday as the 7th Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The swearing-in ceremony was held before the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Secretary to the President Udaya R.buy flexeril online buy flexeril online no prescription Seneviratne at the […]